P. J. Brackston

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Witch's Daughter comes the story of Gretel, all grown up and investigating the disappearance of Albrecht Durer's treasured Frog Prints. Bavaria, 1776. When Albrecht Durer the Much Much Younger's Frog Prints go missing, he knows exactly where to turn for help. Gretel (yes, that Gretel), now 35 and still living with her gluttonous brother Hans, is the country's most famous private investigator, and she leaps at the opportunity to travel to cosmopolitan Nuremberg to take on the case. But amid the hubbub of the city’s annual sausage festival, Gretel struggles to find any clues that point toward the elusive thief. Even with the aid of the chatty mice living under her bed, the absent prints remain stubbornly out of view, and Gretel is forced to get creative in her search for the truth.

A Brothers Grimm Mystery

Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints

From New York Times bestselling author P. J. Brackston comes the prequel to Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints, the new novel in the rollicking series featuring Gretel, all grown up and working as a private investigator in 18th century Bavaria. Gretel (yes, that Gretel) is now 35, very large, still living with her brother Hans, and working as a private investigator. The small, sleepy town of Gesternstadt is shaken to its pretty foundations when the workshop of the local cart maker is burnt to the ground, and a body is discovered in the ashes. It is Gretel who notices that the cadaver is missing a finger. At first she does not see this as significant, as her mind is fully focused on a new case. Not that she wouldn’t far rather be investigating an intriguing murder, but her client is willing to pay over the odds, so she must content herself with trying to trace three missing cats. It is not until she is further into her investigations that she realizes the two events are inextricably and dangerously connected, and that the mystery of the missing cats will lead her into perilous situations and frightening company. Very soon Gretel finds herself accused of kidnapping Princess Charlotte, twice locked up in the cells at the Summer Schloss, repelling the advances of an amorous troll, strapped to a rack in Herr Schmerz’s torture chamber, and fleeing a murder charge. With dubious help from her brother (whose scant wits are habitually addled by drink), she must prove her innocence, solve the puzzle of the unidentified corpse, and find the stolen cats before they meet a grisly end.

Once Upon a Crime

When Gretel—yes, that Gretel, now all grown up and working as a private investigator—takes on the case of a missing sorcerer, she doesn't realize that it will take her into the heart of the deep, dark woods, and face to face with an old enemy... Gretel has never had any time for sorcerers, considering them nothing more than show-offs with questionable fashion sense. It is with some reluctance and a deal of grumpiness, then, that she agrees to look into the matter of a murdered magician. All that is left of him is a grisly remnant, which the police quack confirms is the murdered man’s appendix. What has become of the rest of him is baffling the local constabulary, the Sorcerers’ Society, and, not least, the hapless trickster’s widow. As Gretel delves into the facts behind his disappearance she discovers no shortage of suspects. In fact, just about everyone she meets had reason for wanting the odious man dead. Her only clue points in one disturbing direction: the deep dark forest. So it is that Gretel, with a reluctant Hans as porter, must trek into the woods of her childhood trauma, braving all manner of discomforts and dangers—not least of which is a terrifying reminder of her past.

The Sorcerer's Appendix: A Brothers Grimm Mystery

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Witch's Daughter comes the story of Gretel, all grown up and investigating the disappearance of Albrecht Durer's treasured Frog Prints Bavaria, 1776. When Albrecht Durer the Much Much Younger's Frog Prints go missing, he knows exactly where to turn for help. Gretel (yes, that Gretel), now 35 and still living with her gluttonous brother Hans, is the country's most famous private investigator, and she leaps at the opportunity to travel to cosmopolitan Nuremberg to take on the case. But amid the hubbub of the city’s annual sausage festival, Gretel struggles to find any clues that point toward the elusive thief. Even with the aid of the chatty mice living under her bed, the absent prints remain stubbornly out of view, and Gretel is forced to get creative in her search for the truth.

Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints: A Brothers Grimm Mystery (Brothers Grimm Mysteries)

Claire North

Kai Meyer

Andreas Eschbach

David Weber

Larry Correia

Peter F. Hamilton

Robert Jackson Bennett

Kelly McCullough

Michael R. Fletcher

Paul Tassi

Mintie Das

Margaret Fortune

Carina Zacharias

P. E. Jones

Verena Themsen

Katharina Seck

B.C. Dornbusch

Maja Winter

Carson Hammer

Neue Science Fiction und Fantasy bei Bastei Lübbe und beBEYOND! Jetzt kostenlos reinlesen - im Leseproben-eBook von Bastei Entertainment. Viel Spaß beim Stöbern! Inhaltsverzeichnis: Sinclair Academy Carina Zacharias: Emba J.S. Frank: Smash 99 Andreas Eschbach und Verena Themsen: Perry Rhodan - Die falsche Welt Margaret Fortune: New Sol Katharina Seck: Die silberne Königin Kai Meyer: Die Sturmkönige Wolfgang Hohlbein: Die Töchter des Drachen / Der Thron der Libelle P.E. Jones: Space Troopers A.P. Sterling: Die Bruderschaft der schwarzen Maske Claire North: Das Spielhaus B.C. Dornbusch: Der Ruf der Rache Peter F. Hamilton: Der unsichtbare Killer Larry Correia: Monster sehen und sterben Larry Niven: Ringwelt / Ringwelt Ingenieure Mintie Das: Storm Sisters - Die versunkene Welt David Weber/Timothy Zahn/Thomas Pope: Der Aufstieg Manticores - Ruf zu den Waffen Maja Winter: Träume aus Feuer Paul Tassi: Earthborn - Die brennende Welt Micheal R. Fletcher: Chroniken des Wahns - Blutwerk Kelly McCullough: Der Schwur der Klinge Robert Jackson Bennett: Die Stadt der tausend Treppen P.J. Brackston: Magier-Mord David Weber: Nimue Alban - Der vergessene Orden

Herbst 2016

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